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Dylan McCool Bought an UNKNOWN Drag Car at Auction… It Had ROD KNOCK! Can They Race It?

You never know what you are going to get when buying cars at auction, and that’s because you may or may not even be able to start them and hear them run. It totally depends on the auction, and...

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STREET WEEK SWEDEN LIVE in the United States For The First Time! Get Your All Access Pass To Drag And Drive Greatness Right Here!

That’s right folks, we’ve been talking about it for a few weeks but now is the time to sign up for your livestream from Street Week Sweden! I’ll be there, announcing, interviewing,...

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Cataclean Diesel: Restore DPF Performance & Reduce Emissions On Your Late Model Diesel Truck!

Everyone I know that buys a newer diesel tow rig has a love and hate relationship with their truck because the love they have for the diesel power and efficiency is sometimes matched by the hate they...

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NOTHING BUT VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS OF FORMULA OFFROAD RACING FROM ICELAND’S Egilsstaðir 2026!

It’s time for our final coverage from the 3rd Formula Offroad race of the 2026 Season in Iceland and here’s the video coverage. If you haven’t watched this kind of racing before, you are in for...

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We Tour The Pomona Swap Meet With Our Friend Dane from The Burndown Channel! Check it out!

There are many things that I miss from living in Southern California, and one of them is the Pomona Swap Meet. Unless I was out of town at a race, I was there with Crosby and Jay and the crew, window...

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Turning a Survivor 1950 Pontiac into the Perfect Cruiser. It’s Easier Than You Think and the Results are Awesome!

1950’s American cars have historically been the basis of the majority of true customs, and for good reason. The lines flow, the shapes lend themselves to chopping, sectioning, and frenching,...

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Destruction Video: Amazing Industrial Accidents

So far today, the BangShift Day of Destruction has been all about the wrecking of motor vehicles. But a lot of car guys like anything with an engine and power, and the ability to wreck things, and...

Destruction Video: Road Rage Gone Wrong

Not that we endorse road rage or acts of violence against the Man, but every once in a while some chucklehead combines the two with results that backfire right in his face. Like the gentleman in the...

Destruction Video: When Animals Attack Cars

Here’s something you probably didn’t worry about on your drive to work this morning, but there was a chance that your car could have been attacked by a pack of wild baboons, or maybe a...

Destruction Video: Worst Drag Car Fire Ever?

This is a nasty, nasty bit of video of a car that burst into a raging fireball in a matter of 1 second at one of the Big Dog races at Piedmont Dragway a few years back. We happen to know that the guy...

It Came from the Forums: Squishing Stuff in a Massive Press

Loren Krussow is a name familiar with regular BangShift.com readers. He writes a column around here called, “It Came From the Fab Shop.” Loren’s business is building stuff from...

Destruction Video: Stupid Burnouts Followed by Stupid Roll Overs

Burnouts are fun until someone gets hurt. Then they’re hilarious. Actually, we don’t think anyone really got hurt in any of the videos below, but it’s amazing how a little tire...

Destruction News Update: The Rest of the Story

A short while ago we told you about a wild Associated Press story out of Southern California that had a car flying off a highway and into a house. On the way into the house the car broke a gas main,...

Monday Time Killer: Funny Site Loaded With Mayhem and Violations

We have not had a Monday Time Killer installment in a while, but this one is very worthy. It’s ThatWillBuffOut.com, which is both a great name and a great site. It’s a blog with a never...

Destruction News Break: Shortest and Most Interesting AP Story Ever

We used a shot of the General Lee as the lead photo for this blog item, because it’s about a little five-line Associated Press story that sounds like something straight out of a Dukes of...

Destruction Video: Bus and Truck Crash Tests Gone Wrong

Planned crash testing for science and engineering is entertaining enough, but what happens when the crash testing becomes an accident in itself? These two videos answer that question. If you’re...

See the BangShift.com Photo Galleries

The photo galleries here on BangShift.com are the most viewed part of the website outside of the forums. For new or returning visitors, we wanted to make this post to send you to see some of the...

eBay Pick of the Week Destruction Edition: Own Your Own Car Crusher

In keeping with today’s stated theme of wall-to-wall destruction and carnage, we thought the ideal eBay pick would be the ultimate in automotive end-of-life technology, the car crusher....

Video: Day of Destruction Starts Now with Old-School Daredevils

As we announced on Friday, today, October 5, 2009, is the landmark first-ever BangShift.com Day of Destruction. We’ll bring you great compilations of automotive stuff getting trashed every hour...

Video: 7-Second AMC-Powered Gremlin!

BangShift member Eagle Kammback tipped us off to this Gremlin that just ran 7.91 at Milan with a 463-inch AMC motor that uses the stock block and stock-based crank! It also has a Liberty five-speed,...